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Monday, June 04, 2007

The Unknown

I've gotten conflicting messages from parents of two or more kids.Some say going from one to two is easier than going from zero to one.I would've guessed this to be universally true, but more seem to betelling me it's a harder transition. I hope they're wrong!

Seriously though, I have to believe that one thing going for us isthat there's less unknown. Aaron will be a handful, especially inlight of having to also keep an eye out for Jada. By himself, he maybe more challenging than Jada was when we first got her.

But the big difference is the level of anxiety over the unknown. Notknowing what you don't know, at least for me, can be incrediblystressful. Not that we've seen it all in our 1 1/2 years ofparenting, of course. But at least we've seen 1 1/2 years' worth ofparenting. And that, I think, will be the difference-maker in termsof not being as worried this time around.